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| 2 | What's new in GNU enscript |
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| 3 | -------------------------- |
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| 4 | |
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| 5 | Noteworthy changes in enscript version 1.6.1: |
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| 6 | |
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| 7 | * new options: |
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| 8 | |
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| 9 | - --ps-level=LEVEL, PostScriptLevel |
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| 10 | set the PostScript language level that |
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| 11 | enscript should use for its output |
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| 12 | - --rotate-even-pages |
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| 13 | Rotate each even-numbered page 180 degrees. |
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| 14 | |
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| 15 | * misc |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | - updated C, C++, and Objective-C highlighting |
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| 18 | - set the states to process the stdin if argument "-" is given |
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| 19 | - bug and portability fixes |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | Noteworthy changes in enscript version 1.6: |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | * new options: |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | - StatesPath define absolute path for the states program |
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| 27 | - GeneratePageSize specify wheter the PageSize page device |
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| 28 | setting is generated to the output |
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| 29 | - -C, --line-numbers option takes an optional argument to specify |
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| 30 | the number of the first line in the input |
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| 31 | - -W, --language=LANG set ouput language to LANG |
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| 32 | - --h-column-height=HEIGHT |
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| 33 | set the horizontal column height to HEIGHT |
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| 34 | PostScript points |
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| 35 | - --mark-wrapped-lines[=STYLE], MarkWrappedLines |
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| 36 | mark wrapped lines in the printout with STYLE |
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| 37 | - --margins=LEFT:RIGHT:TOP:BOTTOM |
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| 38 | adjust page marginals |
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| 39 | - --nup-xpad=NUM set the page x-padding of N-up printing to NUM |
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| 40 | - --nup-ypad=NUM set the page y-padding of N-up printing to NUM |
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| 41 | - --word-wrap wrap long lines from word boundaries |
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| 42 | |
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| 43 | * new highlighting rules: |
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| 44 | |
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| 45 | - ada Ada95 programming language |
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| 46 | - asm assembler listings |
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| 47 | - awk awk scripting language |
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| 48 | - delphi Delphi programming language |
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| 49 | - diff diff files |
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| 50 | - diffu unified diff files |
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| 51 | - elisp Emacs Lisp |
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| 52 | - fortran Fortran77 programming language |
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| 53 | - haskell Haskell programming language |
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| 54 | - idl CORBA interface definition language |
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| 55 | - java Java programming language |
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| 56 | - javascript JavaScript language |
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| 57 | - pascal Pascal programming language |
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| 58 | - perl Perl programming language |
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| 59 | - postscript PostScript |
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| 60 | - python Python programming language |
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| 61 | - sh Bourne shell scripts |
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| 62 | - sql Sybase 11 SQL |
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| 63 | - vba Visual Basic (for Applications) |
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| 64 | |
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| 65 | - improved C, C++ and Objective-C highlighting |
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| 66 | |
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| 67 | * new special escapes: |
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| 68 | |
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| 69 | - ^@bggray{GRAY} change text's background color |
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| 70 | - ^@escape{CODE} changes the escape character |
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| 71 | |
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| 72 | * new encodings: |
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| 73 | |
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| 74 | - 88594 ISO-8859-4 (ISO Latin4) |
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| 75 | - 88597 ISO-8859-7 (ISO Greek) |
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| 76 | |
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| 77 | * misc: |
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| 78 | |
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| 79 | - interpret formatting escapes from the page header strings |
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| 80 | - page header string can contain left, center and right aligned |
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| 81 | fields |
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| 82 | - support for HTML, RTF (Rich Text Format) and overstrike output |
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| 83 | languages |
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| 84 | - fixed tabulator character handling with variable width fonts |
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| 85 | - added support for regular expression character syntax tables in |
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| 86 | the states program |
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| 87 | - generates the PageSize page device setting to the PostScript |
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| 88 | output -- this should make the printer to select the correct paper |
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| 89 | tray automatically |
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| 90 | - replaced all stdarg functions with macros |
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| 91 | - fixed N-up printing to cooperate with the page margins |
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| 92 | - renamed the ISO-8859-* input encoding names to conform their |
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| 93 | ISO names |
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| 94 | |
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| 95 | Noteworthy changes in enscript version 1.5: |
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| 96 | |
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| 97 | * new options: |
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| 98 | |
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| 99 | -A ALIGN, --file-align=ALIGN |
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| 100 | align separate input files to even ALIGN page |
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| 101 | count |
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| 102 | -E, --pretty-print pretty print program source files with states |
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| 103 | -U NUM, --nup=NUM print NUM logical pages on each output page |
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| 104 | (N-up printing) |
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| 105 | --help-pretty-print describe all supported --pretty-print |
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| 106 | languages and file formats |
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| 107 | --slice print vertical slices of input files |
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| 108 | --toc print table of contents |
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| 109 | |
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| 110 | * config file options: |
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| 111 | |
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| 112 | - TOCFormat set the table-of-contents line format |
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| 113 | - NoJobHeaderSwitch set the spooler switch which disables job |
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| 114 | header (-h) |
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| 115 | - OutputFirstLine set output's fist line |
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| 116 | - StatesColorModel define color model for states |
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| 117 | - StatesConfigFile set states' config file |
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| 118 | - StatesHighlightLevel |
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| 119 | define highlight level for states |
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| 120 | |
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| 121 | * new utilities: |
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| 122 | |
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| 123 | - sliceprint print documents with long lines |
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| 124 | - states awk like state machine to highlight program listings |
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| 125 | - many2html convert files to HTML. Program supports all file |
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| 126 | formats which can be pretty-printed with enscript. |
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| 127 | |
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| 128 | * new encodings: |
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| 129 | |
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| 130 | - koi8 Adobe Standard Cyrillic Font KOI8 charset |
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| 131 | - 88595 ISO-8859-5 (ISO Cyrillic) |
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| 132 | - asciifise 7 bit ascii with fi and se encodings for {|}[\] |
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| 133 | (old asciiscands) |
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| 134 | - asciidkno 7 bit ascii with dk and no encodings for {|}[\] |
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| 135 | |
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| 136 | * misc |
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| 137 | |
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| 138 | - ^@color{r g b} special escape |
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| 139 | - if input file (all input files) does not exist, enscript doesn't |
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| 140 | generate any output |
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| 141 | - -E, --pretty-print highlighting for: C, ChangeLog, C++, mail, |
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| 142 | Makefile, nroff output, Objective-C, Scheme, States, Synopsys, |
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| 143 | Tcl, Verilog, VHDL |
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| 144 | |
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| 145 | |
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| 146 | Noteworthy changes in enscript version 1.4: |
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| 147 | |
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| 148 | * new and changed options: |
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| 149 | |
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| 150 | -a, --pages select pages to print |
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| 151 | -e, --escapes option takes an optional argument which |
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| 152 | changes the escape character |
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| 153 | -h, --no-job-header supress the job header page |
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| 154 | --title sets the name of stdin |
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| 155 | -I, --filter set input filter |
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| 156 | -j, --borders print borders around columns |
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| 157 | -k, --page-prefeed enable page prefeed |
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| 158 | -K, --no-page-prefeed disable page prefeed |
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| 159 | --highlight-bars enable highlight bars |
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| 160 | --highlight-bar-gray set the gray-level for highlight bars |
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| 161 | --printer-options pass extra options to the printer command |
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| 162 | --ul-style specify how the underlay strings are printed |
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| 163 | |
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| 164 | - renamed option `--page-header' to `--header' |
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| 165 | - renamed option `--pass-through-ps-files' to `--pass-through' |
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| 166 | |
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| 167 | * config file options: |
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| 168 | |
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| 169 | - AcceptCompositeCharacters |
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| 170 | - AppendCtrlD |
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| 171 | - FormFeedType what to do when a formfeed character is |
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| 172 | encountered from input |
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| 173 | - EscapeChar specify the escape character |
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| 174 | - UnderlayStyle how underlays are printed: outline / filled |
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| 175 | |
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| 176 | * new fancy headers: mp, frame |
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| 177 | |
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| 178 | * escapes: |
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| 179 | |
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| 180 | - font works now over page boundaries |
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| 181 | - ps include raw PostScript code to the output |
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| 182 | - shade new escape to highlight text regions |
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| 183 | - setfilename |
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| 184 | - setpagenumber |
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| 185 | - newpage |
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| 186 | |
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| 187 | * new encodings: |
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| 188 | - hp8 HP Roman-8 |
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| 189 | |
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| 190 | * internationalization support with the GNU gettext |
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| 191 | |
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| 192 | * changed to use GNU Automake |
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| 193 | |
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| 194 | * program renamed from genscript to enscript |
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| 195 | |
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| 196 | * new utility scripts: |
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| 197 | - diffpp - pretty-print diff outputs |
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| 198 | |
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| 199 | |
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| 200 | Noteworthy changes in enscript version 1.3: |
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| 201 | |
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| 202 | * new encodings: |
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| 203 | - 88593 ISO-8859-3 |
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| 204 | - pslatin1 PostScript interpreter's ISOLatin1Encoding |
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| 205 | |
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| 206 | * new fancy header: edd, a2ps |
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| 207 | |
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| 208 | * option changes: |
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| 209 | - option -Z, --pass-through-ps-files no longer wraps PS document |
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| 210 | inside enscript prolog and epilog. |
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| 211 | |
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| 212 | - renamed some options to conform the GNU coding standards: |
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| 213 | --output-file => --output |
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| 214 | --queue => --printer |
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| 215 | --tab-size => --tabsize |
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| 216 | |
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| 217 | - new command line / config file options: |
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| 218 | -z, --no-formfeed |
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| 219 | --ul-angle UnderlayAngle |
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| 220 | --ul-position UnderlayPosition |
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| 221 | --non-printable-format NonPrintableFormat |
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| 222 | |
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| 223 | * added some customization options to header description files: |
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| 224 | %Format format and define string constants according |
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| 225 | to format string |
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| 226 | %HeaderHeight explicit set the fancy header height |
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| 227 | %FooterHeight allocate space for the page footer |
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| 228 | |
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| 229 | Note! If you have defined your own fancy header, it will probably |
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| 230 | not work on enscript-1.3 without modifications. Following constants |
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| 231 | are removed from the enscript prolog so you must define them with |
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| 232 | the `%Format' comment: |
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| 233 | |
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| 234 | usadatestr = %Format: usadatestr %W |
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| 235 | eurdatestr = %Format: eurdatestr %E |
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| 236 | findatestr = %Format: findatestr %F |
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| 237 | timestr = %Format: timestr %C |
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| 238 | fmodstr = %Format: fmodstr $D{%a %b %e %T %Y} |
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| 239 | |
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| 240 | Check `lib/*.hdr' to see them in action. |
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| 241 | |
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| 242 | * the library directory has changed from `<prefix>/lib/enscript' to |
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| 243 | `<prefix>/share/enscript' |
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| 244 | |
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| 245 | * new Makefile targets: check, uninstall |
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| 246 | |
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| 247 | * enscript must no longer be installed before it can be tested; you |
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| 248 | can print files directly after you have compiled enscript. |
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| 249 | |
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| 250 | * support for Windows95/NT via the Win32 api |
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